BRATTLEBORO-Albert Mikuski, now 88 years old, recalls an extraordinary story of how he and his...
-The state's housing crisis will be a top priority in the upcoming legislative session, and...
BRATTLEBORO-At a standing-room-only meeting at Academy School on Dec. 12, Representative Town Meeting (RTM) members...
PUTNEY-Ars longa, vita brevis. One translation of the Latin phrase is that craft takes a...
Only a handful of votes separate Senate President Pro Tem Peter Shumlin and Chittenden County Sen. Doug Racine in the Democratic gubernatorial primary. The Vermont Secretary of State's office announced on Friday afternoon that Shumlin held a 197 vote lead over Racine. Secretary of State Deb Markowitz remained in third, former Windsor County Sen. Matt Dunne trailed in fourth place most of the evening and Lamoille County Sen. Susan Bartlett was never a factor. According to the Secretary of State's office,
Elayne Clift (elayne-clift.com) has written this column about women, politics, and social issues for almost 20 years. BRATTLEBORO-Usually around this time I begin thinking about writing my cheery Christmas letter to share the highlights of another year in the life of our family. This year is different. I'm still trying to grasp what just happened and what it will mean for all of us. My initial reaction to the results of the presidential election was blurted out in staccato texts...
A new exhibit by Sandy Klein,"Expressions of Repose: the soft retirement of a character maker," opens on Friday, Nov. 3, from 5 to 8 p.m., at the Harmony Collective, 49 Elliot St. Klein says she has been making dolls for as long as she can remember. As a child, she made yarn and corn dolls, wrapping and folding natural fibers into figures. In her teens she began to sew, making flat but "very groovy stuffed animals," she says. In her...
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